Sumner Area Residents Attend Meetings and Visit Relatives
Local notes list W H Burgham of Minneapolis visiting Sumner and Oelwein. Mayors and officials from Sumner attended the League of Iowa Municipalities meeting in Waterloo. Residents and visitors from Harlem Montana Rochester and Chicago traveled for family visits fairs and nursing duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Burgham
Minneapolis
Sumner
Oelwein
H. C. Frank
W. D. Hughes
Harley Wescott
H. W. Bathke
League of Iowa
Waterloo
Local Social and Visit Notes From Sunday Gatherings
Sunday visits and travels fill the scene with many names and places. Families from Independence Medford Minn Chicago Lubbock and Galena share meals, reunions, and errands while hosting guests and attending weddings and church events.
Social Roundup of Visits and Birthdays
Waverly and Waterloo residents gather for family visits and celebrations across several households. Guests include Stanley and Donald Kuhrt. George Bisbey and sons. Dr Powers. Erwin Buenger. Louis Towne. John Sassman. Herman Tegtmeier. Darlene Schmidt. Chas Prestien. Bertha Tegtmeier. John Tegtmeier. Roy Nieth and family. Arden Rice. Wendall Koch. Fred Dohrman Jr and Leota. H C Kuhrt. Marie. Carl Struck. Betty Lois. Fred Dohrmann Sr. Raymond. Wm Boeckmann. Several attend World's Fair in Chicago and celebrate birthdays and ill family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Donald Kuhrt
Waverly
H. H. Schmidt
George Bisbey
James
Gerald
Dr. Powers
Waterloo
Louis Rohrsson
Erwin Buenger
Louis Towne
Henry Stromer
John Sassman
Herman Tegtmeier
Darlene Schmidt
Edward Kuhrt
Chas. Prestien
Bertha Tegtmeier
John Tegtmeier
Chicago
Roy Nieth
Jerry
Arden Rice
Wendall Koch
Raymond
Wm. Boeckmann
Alfred Boeckmann
Darlyl Buenger
Lavern Brase
Lavern
Herman Biermann
Ernest Brase
Willis Segebarth
Edna Sell
Carl Struck
Betty Lois
Gus Boeckmann
Fred Luebs
Herman Stumme
Louis Rohrssen
Emil Towne
Fred Brase
Leslie Schmidt
J. C. Koch
Norma
Adolph Koelling
Denver
Fred Dohrmann
Darlene
Lavern Schmidt
Darlys
Ernest Drewis
Leota Dohrmann
Leslie
Erwald
Elmer Peters
Orville Nolting
Mises Marie Kuhrt
Louis Tonne
Tonne
Berniece
Bernita
Henry Henning
Erna Hagenow
Marie Kuhrt
Heist
Hilda Federer
Herman Miller
Marvin
Carl Kammeyer
Will Beisner
Charles Prestien
Local social notes from the area recount visits and events
Sunday and weekday gatherings fill a list of visits to homes in the area. Henry Stromer of Waterloo stayed with his sister’s family from Saturday to Tuesday, and various couples attended anniversaries, birthdays and recitals. Several trips to Waterloo and Waverly are noted, along with relatives visiting and hosting at multiple homesteads.
Community notices and church visits around Oran area
Rev and Mrs Herman Meier of Lockport and Mrs Diercks near Denver called on C J Meier and Wm Luther. Thurm family attended baby christening at Eberhard Thurm home near Oran. Dorn family from Krem ND visiting Louie Dorn. E A Mueller and Wm Clausing returned from Keystone Synod. Local church attendance in Denver. Rev Henry Dorn led services. F F Moeller and August Drewes to C H Bills bedside. Mrs Bills seriously ill at Mercy Hospital Waverly. Haendschke family from Lavell WI returned home after visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Meier
Lockport
New York
Wm. Meier
Diercks
Denver
C. J. Meier
Wm. Luther
Paul Thurm
Eberhard Thurm
Oran
Henry Dorn
Krem
North Dakota
Louie Dorn
E. A. Mueller
Wm. Clausing
Keystone
N. Dak
F. F. Moeller
August Drewes
Chas
Bills
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
Richard Haendschke
Martin
Lavell
Wis
Well-Mannered Exchange Hints at Family Relations
A witty dialogue recalls social friction as a speaker asks about the mother-in-law. The response characterizes the in-law as meddling, revealing light domestic tension in a sharp, period voice.
Elmhurst families host and visit across Illinois gatherings
Social notices detail visits and guests across Elmhurst Lombard Forest Park Readlyn and Des Moines. Families including Zonder Bergmann Biermann Eberling Quade Rodemeyer and Kuecker hosted and traveled for church and community events. An infant was baptized as Richard Bast Herman Banser and Ernest Jaschen served as sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenz Zonder
Ernest Bergmann
Ed Eberling
Elmhurst
Til
Fred Biermann
Walter Weinert
Lombard, Til
Ottomar Roeder
Forest Park
Tll
Henry Kuecker
Herbert Huessler
Minneapolis
Carl Boeckmann
Louie Rodemeyer
Waverly
Fred Lahman
Ernest Quade
Will Biermann
Wm. Bergmann
Tripoli
Fred Krage
Addison
Ill
Otto Bast
C. G. Gerlach
Robert Herman
Richard Bast
Herman
Edna Kuecker
Gertrude Hagen
Leona Korte
Esther
Bernita Biermann
Swiss village women wash amid Alpine scenery
The piece notes Splugeln in the Swiss mountains as a picturesque setting for local washing. It says American women would not trade their gleaming faucets and Oxydol for the Engandine region, famed for its Alpine views that draw thousands of visitors annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Splugeln
Switzerland
Splugelnis
Engandine
Domestic cattle run wild on Queen Charlotte Islands
On the Queen Charlotte islands off British Columbia wild cattle have multiplied, with loggers, sailors and fishermen who land there telling strange stories of their doings, illustrating what happens when domestic cattle revert to type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Charlotte Islands
British Columbia
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Ab Jenkins
Salt
Lake Bonneville
Utah
Jenkins
RE. Waldo Stein
Firestone
Sumnerites
Fay Rathbone
Harlem
Mont
Emma Rathbone
Cinner
Imasha
Court House
George Lagervall
Roch‘ter, Minn
Eileen Donlon
Erwin Sell
A. H. Moment
A. D. Allen
Leo Moment
W. I. Johnson
Rheta
West Union
J. J. Eastman
Jim Hansen
Battle Creek
Mich
Warrenville
Harold Traeger
E. A. Wismer
Lakes
Brainerd
Minn
Virginia Smith
Town City
University Hospital
J. A. Smith
A. N. Patridge
Joelyn
St. Paul
J. C. Tribon
Lillian Grannemann
Charles City
Dells
Robert Metzgar
Grundy Center
E. W. Heyer
Marion
Roy Pease
Donald MecGuiness
Iowa State College
Ames
Will
Wm. McGuiness
Ford Wolfgram
Milwaukee
Lucille Pagel
Will Pagel
E. H. Wendland
Howard
W. E. Hurmence
Margaret Cady
Chester
Lewis Llewellyn
Decorah
R. H. Adams
Olin
Will Day
Alice Mae
Evelyn Farrand
Philadelphia
Vanette Sheperd
L. D
Mrs. Blankenship
Mrs. Tidabache
Magule Duaigy
Dr. Miles
Mrs. Doe Blankenship
Stamford
Texas
Phil Goller
Wisconsin
Jennie Neill
Coronado
Calif
Inson
Louis Hochberger
Edward Megonigle
Independence
Frank Wierth
FE. R. Doherty and Sons
Donaldson
R. V. Price
E. C. Reimler
Margaret
Medford
Rose Reimler
Mildred Carpenter
Walter Carpenter
Paul Sorg
First National Bank
Illinois
Waylord Hurmence
Charles Hurmence
Lubbock
Sunner
Berger-Mover
Oelwe
G. Moser
Ed Maurer
Fred Moser
Clarence Moser
Lydia Becker
Sam Johnson
William
Ross Pleggenkuhle
Kerwin Glattley
Standard Oil
Rose Mary Glasgow
New Hampton
Bertha Pagel
Roy Robertson
Frank Lang
Cedar Rapids
W. H. Heyer
Claire
Alice Mae Mueller
Galena
Ella Mueller
Alice Tietje
Ferdinand Homeyer
Siegel
Lyerland
Buing Galloway
Suds
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